WITH GOD DAILY - "Gifts vs. Giver"
I grew up believing what all modern people are taught: that freedom meant lack of constraint. Orthodoxy taught me that this freedom was no freedom at all, but enslavement to the passions: a neat description of the first thirty years of my life. True freedom, it turns out, is to give up your will and follow God’s. To deny yourself. To let it come. I... See more
Let me tell you why it isn't bizarre, but it is something to push back on aggressively
1: Silicon Valley's Religion of the Self
"Everyone worships." David Foster Wallace said at a commencement speech.
I've said this privately in conversation, but haven't written ... See more
Reggie Jamesx.comBut if we recover a sense of the primacy of God’s action in worship—that worship is a site of gracious, divine initiative—then we might better understand how and why worship is the center of discipleship. We should approach the sanctuary with a different set of expectations—that we will be met and remade by a living, active Lord.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
One way requires that we look at our imagination. Archbishop William Temple once said, “Your religion is what you do with your solitude.”120 In other words, the true god of your heart is what your thoughts effortlessly go to when there is nothing else demanding your attention. What do you enjoy daydreaming about? What occupies your mind when you ha
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